Genesis 24:39

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?

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  • Gen 24:5 : 5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

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  • Gen 24:3-8
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    84%

    3 And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    4 But that you will go into my country and to my relations and get a wife there for my son Isaac.

    5 And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

    6 And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.

    7 The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and made an oath to me, saying, To your seed I will give this land: he will send his angel before you and give you a wife for my son in that land.

    8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • Gen 24:40-45
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    40 And he said, The Lord, whom I have ever kept before me, will send his angel with you, who will make it possible for you to get a wife for my son from my relations and my father's house;

    41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

    42 And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

    43 Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,

    44 Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.

    45 And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

  • Gen 24:36-38
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    83%

    36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

    37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

    38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Gen 24:54-58
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    79%

    54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

    55 But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.

    56 And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.

    57 And they said, We will send for the girl, and let her make the decision.

    58 And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.

  • Gen 24:48-49
    2 verses
    78%

    48 And with bent head I gave worship and praise to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, by whom I had been guided in the right way, to get the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

    49 And now, say if you will do what is good and right for my master or not, in order that it may be clear to me what I have to do.

  • Gen 24:12-14
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    12 And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

    13 See, I am waiting here by the water-spring; and the daughters of the town are coming out to get water:

    14 Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

  • Gen 44:32-34
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    32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    33 So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

    34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

  • 51 See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.

  • Gen 24:27-28
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    27 And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.

    28 So the girl went running and took the news of these things to her mother's house

  • 34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

  • 61 So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

  • Gen 24:20-21
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    20 And after putting the water from her vessel into the animals' drinking-place, she went quickly back to the spring and got water for all the camels.

    21 And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.

  • 19 And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

  • Gen 24:17-18
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    17 And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

    18 And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink.

  • Gen 24:23-24
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    23 And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?

    24 And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.

  • 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

  • 18 And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

  • 65 And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it.

  • 24 Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

  • 15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

  • 30 But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

  • 10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.